THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. No. 6
Bill To
In ABC
Disposition of Zebulon’s share of the net profits of the Wake
bounty ABC stores has not yet been decided, but in all proba
bility the money will be added to the town’s general fund, town
officials said yesterday.
Principal Roy Lowry
Made Member Regional
Lunchroom Committee
Roy F. Lowry, principal of
Wakelon School, has been made a
member of the School Lunch Pro
ject of the Southern States Work
Conference on Educational prob
lems. The first meeting of the
group was held Tuesday after
noon.
With C. V. Ross, superintendent
of schools for Harnett County,
Lowry is compiling facts on organ
ization, administration and finance
for a Question and Answer book
on What’s Being Done in Lunch
rooms in North Carolina.
The lunchroom at Wakelon has
been widely publicized over the
state as being one of the best. New
decorations and paint brighten the
room, and new tables and chairs
contrast with the tables and
benches used in former years.
During the week of the North
Carolina State Fair, the school
lunchroom was chosen for a pic
torial exhibit used in the fair
which won a prize for general ex
cellence. •
Ferd Davis Addresses
Wakelon Parent-Teacher
Association Monday
The parents of today must
spare no effort to further the in
terests of their children, especi
ally morally and physically, Ferd
Davis, editor of The Zebulon Rec
ord, told the Wakelon Parent-
Teacher Association Monday
night.
Davis, who was the main speak
er of the evening meeting, spoke
on “National Trends as They Af
fect Our Community.” He de
clared himself in favor of progres
sive education, an accelerated
physical education program, and
selective service, and mentioned
the revival of the family as the
center of life as a deterrent to di
vorce.
The editor urged that the Par
ent-Teacher Association carry out
its proposed plan to develop a
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Campaign Against Rats to Begin
Tomorrow Morning at 10:00 a.m.
In order to effectively fight the
increasing number of rats, a rat
eradication campaign will be
launched in the Zebulon communi
ty March 22 beginning at 10:00
and lasting through 3:30.
During these hours representa
tives from the Public Health De
partment will be located in the
• Wakelon School and at the Town
Office in Zebulon to distribute bait
to farmers and citizens of the
Zebulon community. This material
will be furnished free of charge.
Boy Scouts from Troop 40 will
assist officials in distributing the
bait, according to Scoutmaster
Barrie Davis.
Give Zebulon Share
Profits Becomes Law
House Bill 484, which provides
that Zebulon. Wendell, and Ral
eigh shall receive five per cent
of the net earnings of the county
operated liquor stores in each
! town, was introduced into the
house on February 26. and passed
shortly thereafter. The state sen
ate passed the bill on March 13.
According to J. Winder Bryan,
chairman of the County Board of
Alcoholic Control, the net earn
i ings of the Zebulon ABC store
last year amounted to $22,274.78.
Five per cent of this amount is
$1,113.74. In 1945 net earnings
of the local unit amounted to $12,-
578.80, five per cent of which is
$629.39.
t If the liquor funds are applied
to the new town budget (which
will be adopted in July) a tax
reduction of about six per cent,
| or eleven cents on the hundred will
be possible from use of these
funds alone. The current town
tax rate is $1.85 per hundred dol
| lars evaluation.
Several local citizens have ex
pressed the hope that the funds
will be used for additional main
tenance and improvement for city
streets. Many of the streets, al
though in the best condition in
years, need paving badly. One
man suggested that the unpaved
streets be oiled during the summer
J months to keep down dust.
The original intention of Ral
i eigh citizens supporting the di
vision of ABC profits was to ear
mark the funds for the develop
ment of airports, chief of which
is the Raleigh-Durham Airport.
The bill as passed, however, does
not stipulate how the funds are
, to be used, and the governing of
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Town Election
Zebulon’s biennial election of
town officials, including the
mayor and five commission
ers, has been set for Tuesday,
April 28, according to R.
Vance Brown. Advertisement
of the election will begin next
week.
The general election will
follow- in May, and the elect
ed officials will be given the
oath of office in June prior
to the adoption of a new town
budget.
In order to make this program
most effective in the Zebulon com
munity, it will be necessary for
all farmers and urban people to
secure this bait and put it out
simultaneously. The Zebulon cam
paign is held in connecton with
the county-wide campaign which
has been underway since March 3.
The county-wide campaign has
been received very favorably by
farmers throughout the county
and up«until March 17, morn than
2,000 pounds were distributed.
All people in this community are
urged to get behind this program
and put bait out in every building
in the town and surrounding coun
try.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 21, 1947
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Pictured are members of the Wakefield Baptist Church who took part in the note-burning ex
ercises before the dedication of the parsonage there last Sunday. From left to right, they are
R. F. Hendricks. Cliff Pippin, former pastor R. L. Hughes, D. D. Chamblee, Pastor John Mc-
Crimmon. Percy Pace, and Clarence Hinton. Record photo by Wayne Privette.
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Mobile X-Ray Test Laboratory
To Be In Zebulon for Five Days
Mrs. Ida Hall, county nurse, and Dr. C.-A. Bulla, Wake County Health Officer, yester
day urged all residents of this community to take advantage of the opportunity for free X-ray
examinations offered here by the mobile laboratory of the North Carolina Board of Health
during the next five days.
The laboratory, whose appearance in this community is sponsored by the Rotary Club and
1 The Zebulon Record, is schedul-| —
52-20 Club Members
Again on Increase,
Says Philip Bunn
Seasonal inactivity in the win
ter months is being reflected by
the increasing numbers of claims
of war veterans for unemploy
ment and self-em-ployed benefits
under the G. I. Bill of Rights
during the months of January and
February, according to Philip R.
Bunn of Zebulon, district super
visor of the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission, which
handles this phase of the program
for the v eterans Administration.
Among unemployed veterans,
the peak was reached last May,
during which an average of 28,140
allowed claims were filed each
week and checks for $2,415,830
were distributed during the month.
In November the average of
weekly claims had dropped to 9,-
694 and the month’s checks to
taled only $831,570. A slight in
crease was shown in December
and a jump to a weekly average
of 14,864 compensable claims was
filed, the month’s checks reaching
$1,271,934. February’s checks
dropped slightly to a total of $1 ,-
045,791 with an average of 13.114
compensable claims filed each'
week in that month.
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Ed Hales Makes Speech
On Fertilizer Problems
Ed Hales, representative of the
Smith-Douglas Tobacco Company
in Zebulon, spoke to the Zebu
lon Rotary Club at their regular
meeting last Friday night on the
subject of fertilizer processes and
practices.
Hales told the club that he be
lieved that the present bill which
would restrict formula practices
of fertilizer manufacutrers would
serve no useful purpose, and
praised highly the proposed activi
ties of Tobacco Associates, Inc.
ed to be on the lot next to the
Record Building all c’ay long to
day and tomorrow. Yesterday it
was at the Riley Hill School.
Each person who takes an ex
amination will receive the results
of the X-ray checkup by mail.
The plates are checked in Ral
eigh. and results are kept there
in a master file. There is no
charge whatsoever and no obli
gation incurred by persons re
ceiving the examination.
The expense of maintaining the
nubile unit is being defrayed in
part by the sale of Christmas
seals last year, the Wake County
Tuberculosis Association and the
Board of Health cooperating in
the campaign to lower the tuber
culosis casualty list through early
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Funeral Services
Funeral services fur John
William Driver, 74, of Middle
sex, Route 1, will be held at
3:00 p. m. today at Lees Chap
el Church.
Mr. Driver died early yester
day morning at Carolina Gen
eral Hospital, Wilson, after
an illness of a few hours.
You Have Just One Week To Use
Sugar Stamp No. 53, OPA Says
Zebulon housewives were today
reminded by OPA that Spare
Stamp 53, currently good for five
pounds of sugar, must be “spent”
in the next few days or not at all, 1
since it expires March 31, one
month earlier than originally in-1
tended.
The following day, April 1, OPA
begins the use of ten-pound
stamps, with Spare Stamp 11 be
coming good for that amount, A. |
D. Simpson, Jr., Regional Sugar
Executive said.
“While Spare Stamp 11 will be
good for ten pounds right on
through September 30, we are
Theo Davis Sons, Telephone 2561
Coroner to Investigate
Death of Wilson Boy
From Local Accident
Thurman Seay Brooks, 21, of
Wilson, victim of an accident at
the highway intersection at Phil-
Ktt Service Station in Zebulon last
Saturday night, died of injuries
Tuesday night in the Woodard-
Herring hospital in Wilson.
Roland Hughes, 27, of Middle
sex, Rl, driver of the car which
caused the death, has been held in
the Wake County jail since the in
vestigation by Deputy Sheriff G.
C. Massey and Police Officers M.
G. Crowder and Ray Gainey. He
is now facing a technical charge
of manslaughter pending an in
quest into fatality.
Wake County Coroner Irvin M.
Cheek, Raleigh, stated that an in
quest would be held at an early
date.
Investigating officers stated fol
lowing the accident that Hughes
had been drinking and crossed the
road and hit Brooks, who was
standing on the opposite side.
Brooks suffered two broken legs
and internal injuries.
hoping the sugar supply will make
it possible to declare another ten
pound stump good on July 1,”
Simpson said.
He emphasized, however, that
these ten-pound stamps are not
a “bonus” and that sugar must
still be used carefully. He also
pointed out that there will be no
special stamps set aside this year
for canning sugar, as the ten
pound stamps should prove suf
j ficient to cover all necessary home
uses of sugar, including canning.
Spare Stamp 53—for FIVE lbs.
! —expires March 31.
Spare Stamp 11 for TEN lbs.
j —good April 1.
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